Healthcare

Hospital Ambulatory Services Reimbursement Reform Act

United States · United States Congress · 17 June 1980

Hospital Ambulatory Services Reimbursement Reform Act - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) and title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to reimburse financially distressed hospitals for community service costs incurred in providing covered outpatient services to certain poor and uninsured individuals. Sets forth the method of determining community service costs and the method of apportioning the costs to the program. Requires the State in which a financially distressed hospital is located to submit an application to the Secretary of Health and Human Services on behalf of such hospital in order for the hospital to participate in the reimbursement program. Sets forth a description of the data necessary to be included in the application. Sets forth the criteria for approval of the application. Allows the State to submit a revised application if the first application is disapproved. Limits the duration of an approved application to one year. Permits the Secretary to request that a hospital, for which a renewal application has been made, make certain changes. Limits the amount of additional reimbursement for any hospital to the combined net deficit in the operation of the outpatient department and emergency room. Establishes a National Advisory Council on Hospital Financing Stabilization and Reorganization, to be composed of nine persons appointed by the Secretary, to: (1) advise the Secretary with regard to the implementation of this Act; (2) review applications submitted pursuant to this Act; and (3) monitor and evaluate certain practices of hospitals receiving reimbursement under this Act.

Financially Distressed Hospitals Assistance Act

United States · United States Congress · 17 June 1980

Financially Distressed Hospitals Assistance Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to establish a program of grants to financially distressed hospitals serving the medically indigent on an inpatient and outpatient basis. Sets forth eligibility and application criteria, including the development of a hospital services reorganization plan. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to review an application within 90 days of receipt. Requires the Governor of the applicant-hospital's State to advise the Secretary whether such hospital is a necessary source of essential health services to the community in which it is located. States that such grants may be used for payment of: (1) current indebtedness; (2) expenses related to reorganizing hospital services; and (3) retraining or severance pay for personnel adversely affected by such reorganization. Limits any single grant to a maximum of three years. Establishes a National Advisory Council on Hospital Financing Stabilization and Reorganization to: (1) advise the Secretary; (2) review grant applications and make recommendations to the Secretary; and (3) evaluate the health services provided under health services reorganization plans. Exempts the Council from the two-year termination provisions under the Federal Advisory Committee Act.

A bill entitled: "The Small and Rural Laboratory Protection Act".

United States · United States Congress · 17 June 1980

Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to halt immediately implementation of those regulations relating to clinical laboratory personnel published October 12, 1979, and published as corrected October 23, 1979.

Prescription Drug Freshness Act

United States · United States Congress · 13 June 1980

Prescription Drug Freshness Act - Requires the prominent labeling of prescription and over-the-counter drugs and pharmaceuticals, whose effectiveness or potency become diminished after storage, as to the date beyond which the product shall not be used. Authorizes the Food and Drug Administration to establish the "beyond use" dates for all applicable products, and the manner in which they shall be labeled. Prohibits the Administration from promulgating any regulations under this Act which add two percent or more to the cost of such drugs.

A bill to designate the Indian Health Facility in Ada, Oklahoma the "Carl Albert Indian Health Facility.

United States · United States Congress · 9 June 1980

Designates the Indian health facility in Ada, Oklahoma, as the "Carl Albert Indian Health Facility."

National Health Care Reform Act of 1980

United States · United States Congress · 9 June 1980

National Health Care Reform Act of 1980 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish actuarial categories, including an aged and disabled actuarial category, of individuals eligible for Federal financial assistance toward the purchase of membership in a health care plan qualified under this Act (health care contributions). Sets forth the factors to be considered by the Secretary in establishing such categories. Requires the Secretary to delineate the United States into health care areas according to specified criteria. Title I: Health Care Contributions - Makes every individual who is: (1) a resident of the United States; and (2) a citizen of the United States or a lawful resident alien, eligible for a health care contribution. Stipulates that a person who is a dependent of an eligible individual is not eligible for a health care contribution. Amends the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to allow a tax exclusion of contributions paid by an eligible individual's employer toward the premium of a qualified health care plan. Sets forth the conditions for such exclusion. Establishes limits on the amount of the tax exclusion allowed to an eligible individual. Amends the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to allow a taxpayer a tax credit for the premium paid by such taxpayer during the taxable year for membership in a qualified health care plan. Limits the tax credit to individuals eligible for a health care contribution under this Act. Specifies the maximum allowable credit for a taxable year. Sets forth additional limitations on such credit. Directs the Secretary to make a direct health care contribution to each eligible individual who is aged or disabled and who elects to receive such contribution in lieu of any benefits under Title XVIII of the Social Security Act (Medicare). Requires the Secretary to publish in the Federal Register the amount of direct health care contributions for aged or disabled individuals made for each health care area. Sets forth the method for computing such contributions. Entitles an eligible individual, whose family income is below specified guidelines, to receive for the year in which a qualified health care plan is effective (plan year) a direct health care contribution. Limits entitlement to a direct health care contribution to one eligible individual per family. Sets forth the conditions for receipt of a direct health care contribution for the financially needy. Entitles an eligible aged or disabled individual to such a contribution only if such individual has: (1) elected to receive such a contribution in lieu of Medicare benefits; and (2) waived any right to a direct health care contribution for the aged or disabled for the plan year. Provides for the periodic transfer of funds from the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund established under the Social Security Act to make payments for such health care contributions to aged or disabled individuals. Directs the Secretary to publish in the Federal Register the amount of direct health care contributions for the financially needy made for each health care area. Specifies the amounts of such health care contributions. Allows the Secretary to enter into a contract with any State under which the State will determine the eligibility for and the amount of a direct health care contribution for financially needy, State residents. Directs the Secretary to issue a health care voucher to eligible individuals in the amount of the direct health care contribution. Specifies the contents of such voucher and the date of issuance of such voucher. Requires a qualified health care plan to accept a voucher issued to an eligible individual as full or partial payment of the plan's premium for a plan year. Requires the Secretary to make payments to a qualified health care plan presenting such vouchers. Sets forth the terms for such payments. Prohibits the Secretary from withholding any portion of the health care payments to which a qualified health care plan is entitled to offset any amount owed to the United States by the plan, an eligible individual, or any other person. Prohibits the Secretary from denying payment of an invalid voucher unless a qualified health care plan had actual knowledge of such invalidity when it accepted such voucher. Prevents the assignment or attachment of a health care voucher by an individual. Title II: Qualified Plans - Allows a health care plan to apply to the Secretary for certification as a qualified plan in one or more health care areas. Requires the Secretary to act upon the application of a health care plan for qualification within 30 days after receipt of such application, otherwise such application shall be deemed approved. Sets forth the factors to be considered by the Secretary in acting upon each application. Directs the Secretary to provide a health care plan with a written explanation and a hearing in the event of disapproval of the plan's application. Provides for the continued qualification of an approved plan until it is disqualified under this Act. Prohibits the Secretary from changing regulations which affect qualified plans for a plan year later than April 1 of the previous year unless all qualified plans thereby affected agree to a later date. Requires a qualified plan to provide its members with basic health care services including: (1) medical, surgical, and obstetrical care; (2) inpatient, outpatient, and other institutional health services, plus home health or institutional services for aged or disabled individuals; (3) preventive health services; (4) prescription drugs incident to basic health care services; (5) blood; (6) emergency transportation; and (7) medical equipment, including therapeutic devices and prosthetic appliances. Specifies exclusions from the required basic health care services. Requires a qualified plan to provide a written membership agreement which sets forth the rights and obligations of the plan and its members. States that the term of each membership agreement shall be a plan year. Limits membership in a qualified plan to eligible residents of the health care area in which the qualified plan is located. Requires a qualified plan to have an open membership enrollment, with specified exceptions including the number of medically high-risk individuals. Directs a qualified plan to provide an individual with a written explanation if membership is denied. Sets forth the terms of the qualified plan enrollment periods. Requires a qualified plan which enrolls an eligible individual to enroll as associated members any spouse or dependents (other than aged or disabled individuals) who are named by the individual. Provides for the automatic enrollment of each person who becomes a spouse or dependent (other than aged or disabled individuals) of an enrolled member. Requires each qualified plan to establish for each plan year for each health care area in which it is located an annual premium for each actuarial category established by the Secretary under this Act. Sets a maximum permissible cost per plan year for basic health services for a member of a qualified plan. Requires the Secretary to publish such maximum cost in the Federal Register. Allows a premium reduction to reflect prepayment or administrative savings effected by group purchases. Requires a qualified plan to permit monthly premium payments by members. Provides that if a member prepays premiums to one qualified plan and then enrolls in a different qualified plan during the plan year, such prepaid premiums must be transferred to the latter plan for such member. Entitles an aged or disabled individual who tenders a health care voucher which is greater than the premium for such individual to a refund or credit. Requires a qualified plan to report annually to the Secretary with enrollment information for each health care area in which the plan is located. Requires a qualified plan to submit to the Secretary any proposed changes in coverage. Requires a qualified plan to provide financial information and make payments to the Health Benefits Assurance Corporation established under this Act. Requires a qualified plan to file with the Secretary a brochure for a plan year describing: (1) the health care services to be provided; (2) the method by which such services will be provided; (3) the location of health care facilities; (4) the maximum amount of expenditures required of a member; (5) the health care area or areas in which the plan will be offered; (6) the premium charged for each actuarial category; and (7) the installments in which such premium may be paid. Directs the Secretary and the qualified plan to make such brochures available to the public. Allows advertising of the health care plan based on such brochure. Directs the Secretary to bar the distribution of a misleading and inaccurate brochure or advertisement of a health care plan. Allows members of qualified plans to refuse services by a person designated by the plan to provide such service. Allows health care personnel to refuse for moral reasons to provide certain services. Requires arbitration of specified grievances between an individual and a qualified plan. Sets forth limitations on the authority of the Secretary, the authority of the qualified plan, the authority of the sponsor of a qualified plan, and the authority of a deliverer of health care services. Requires the Secretary to disqualify a plan if the Secretary determines that proposed changes in the plan will prevent the plan from providing basic health care services or will require excessive out-of-pocket expenditures. Allows the Secretary to disqualify a plan if the Secretary finds that the plan's sponsor has violated the antitrust provisions established by this Act. Sets the effective date of disqualification. Allows the Secretary to rescind such disqualification if the plan meets certain criteria. Prohibits treatment of a plan as a qualified plan after the U.S. Health Court appoints a receiver. Requires the Secretary to provide information about qualified plans and to help process applications for health care vouchers by preparing and distributing pamphlets and by working with other organizations. Allows an eligible individual to authorize any person to act as the individual's agent and to take any necessary action under this Act or as a member of a qualified plan. Permits only a chartered health care contribution agent to serve as an authorized agent for more than 25 persons. Directs the Secretary to designate as chartered health care contribution agents persons who meet specified qualifications of honesty and expertise. Prohibits State payments under title III (Unemployment Compensation) and title IV (Aid to Families with Dependent Children) of the Social Security Act to any eligible person who is not a member of a qualified plan. Requires membership in a qualified plan in order to qualify for supplemental security income benefits and for food stamp benefits. Exempts specified persons from requirements of membership in a qualifying plan. Grants standing to a qualified plan to assert the rights of its members. Deems members to have assigned their rights to a claim to their qualified plan in specified circumstances. Repeals the provisions of Federal law relating to Federal employee health insurance. Requires the Federal Government to contribute to the premium of a health plan on behalf of Federal employees. Authorizes the Secretary to guarantee an insurance policy of a qualified plan in health care areas where similar insurance is not available at commercially reasonable rates. Establishes the Health Benefits Assurance Corporation to review health plan applications for financial certification. Exempts the Corporation from all Federal, State, and local taxes. Sets forth the powers of the Corporation. Directs the Corporation to review periodically the financial ability of such qualified plan to fulfill its obligations. Requires the Corporation to establish and finance a protective fund to assure the provision of health care services to members of qualified plans financially unable to meet their obligations. Establishes a revolving fund in the U.S. Treasury for the Corporation to use to carry out its duties with regard to the protective fund. Authorizes the Corporation to issue debt obligations. Requires a qualified plan to repay the Corporation if any amount of the protective fund is used to fulfill the obligations of such plan. Allows applications to be made to the Secretary for payment for basic health care services furnished to a non-member of a qualified plan. Requires a panel of three arbitrators to arbitrate a dispute between an individual and a plan involving $10,000 or more. Requires a single arbitrator in disputes involving less than $10,000. Sets forth the arbitration procedures. Provides for judicial review of any agency action by the Health Court. Prohibits judicial review of a determination that a plan is qualified. Establishes the Health Court. Sets forth the organization of such Court. Grants such Court exclusive jurisdiction over all civil actions brought to enforce this Act and all civil claims and disputes arising under this Act and under agreements by or with qualified plans. Directs the Court to appoint a receiver for a qualified plan if the Court determines there is a strong possibility the plan will not be able to fulfill its obligations to its members. Prohibits the commencement, or requires the suspension, of any Federal or State bankruptcy or reorganization proceeding during any period for which a receiver has been appointed. Establishes a Health Court of Appeals with jurisdiction over appeals brought from the Health Court. Allows the Supreme Court to review cases in the Health Court of Appeals by writ of certiorari. Sets forth criminal penalties for violations of this Act or specified sections of the Internal Revenue Code. Title III: Miscellaneous Provisions - Authorizes the Secretary to make grants and contracts to compensate public or private nonprofit charitable organizations for providing graduate medical education and training for health care professionals. Preempts specified State and local laws, including those which would prevent or impede the health care delivery system reforms of this Act. Revises the medical expense deduction provisions of the Internal Revenue Code to exclude the separate deduction for medical insurance and to prohibit any deduction for premiums paid to qualified health care plans. Sets forth the method of determining the adjustment amount which States, that have elected to accept health care contributions instead of Medicaid assistance, owe the Federal government or which the Federal government owes such States. Repeals provisions of the Social Security Act concerning professional standards review, uniform reporting, capital expenditure limitations, hospital utilization and bylaws, and customary charges. Revises the reasonable cost definition of the Medicare provisions to be costs actually incurred. Repeals specified provisions of the Public Health Services Act concerning health maintenance organizations, health planning, and health resources development. Negates the duty of an institution to provide free care and to fulfill community service obligations if 50 percent or more of the patient days of such institution were accounted for by members of qualified plans. Title IV: Effective Dates and Nonseverability - Establishes the effective date of this Act. Prohibits the Secretary from making a direct health care contribution to an individual who has not made a timely election to receive the health care contribution instead of Medicare benefits. Repeals the Medicare provisions after more than 50 percent of the eligible persons elect health care contributions. Requires a State to notify the Secretary by a certain date of its irrevocable election to accept health care contributions instead of Medicaid benefits. Deems such a State to have agreed to make any necessary adjustment payments. Deems the Act invalid, except the repeals and amendments of the Social Security and the Public Health Service Acts, if any portion of this Act is found to be invalid.

A bill to require the Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Health and Human Services to submit a report with respect to the effects of hazardous wastes.

United States · United States Congress · 6 June 1980

Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, in consultation with the Secretary of Health and Human Services, to prepare, and submit to Congress within six months, a report on the known and suspected hazards associated with substances identified as hazardous wastes pursuant to specified provisions of the Solid Waste Disposal Act. Requires that such report include a description of the nature of the hazards to human health posed by each substance, both directly and indirectly through the environment and through hazards to other forms of life.

A bill to allow State medicaid plans to provide medical assistance for institutional services for mentally retarded individuals who are not otherwise provided such assistance because they are not treated as residents of the State.

United States · United States Congress · 5 June 1980

Allows a State Medicaid plan approved under Title XIX of the Social Security Act to provide medical assistance for institutional services for mentally retarded individuals who are not otherwise provided such assistance because they are not treated as residents of the State. Sets forth conditions which the State may impose on such assistance.

projet de loi modifiant certaines dispositions du code de la santé publique relatives à l'exercice des professions médicales

France · Senate · 4 June 1980

A bill for the relief of the Herbert J. Thomas Memorial Hospital.

United States · United States Congress · 4 June 1980

Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to pay a specified amount to Herbert J. Thomas Memorial Hospital in West Virginia for settlements of suits resulting from a Federal and State program. Limits the amount of such funds which may be used to pay attorney's fees.

A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to provide that the Federal medical assistance percentage will be 100 percent for individuals during periods in which they have been incorrectly certified as SSI recipients, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 29 May 1980

Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to provide complete medical coverage to any individual during any period in which that person is considered eligible for supplemental security income benefits because of an incorrect determination by the Secretary of Health and Human Services. Requires the Secretary to promptly give notice and explain any termination of payment of supplemental security benefits to the State agency which administers that individual's State Medicaid Plan.

A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to increase the personal needs allowance for institutionalized recipients to thirty dollars per individual and sixty dollars per couple.

United States · United States Congress · 28 May 1980

Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to require any State plan for medical assistance to exclude a personal needs allowance of at least $30 per month for an individual in a skilled nursing or intermediate care facility or $60 per month for a couple from the annual income of such individual for purposes of determining such individual's eligibility for assistance.

A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to require that States provide medicaid coverage for dental services (including dental prosthetics) for eligible individuals 65 or older.

United States · United States Congress · 22 May 1980

Amends Title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to require that States provide medicaid coverage for dental services (including dental prosthetics) for eligible individuals 65 or older.

A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to authorize medicare payments for certain inpatient hospital services furnished by a hospital operated by the Veterans' Administration.

United States · United States Congress · 21 May 1980

Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to require payments to any Veterans' Administration hospital for inpatient services furnished to a person entitled to Medicare hospital benefits if that person was not entitled to free services at such hospital and the services were not otherwise reasonably available within the area of the hospital.

A bill to direct that a clinical investigation of the safety and efficacy of dimethyl sulfoxide as a drug to be used by persons with arthritis be conducted through the National Institute of Arthritis, Metabolism and Digestive Diseases.

United States · United States Congress · 16 May 1980

Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (formerly, the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare) to conduct a clinical investigation of the safety and efficacy of dimethyl sulfoxide as a drug to be used by persons with arthritis.

Indian Health Care Amendments of 1980

United States · United States Congress · 15 May 1980

Indian Health Care Amendments of 1980 - Amends the Indian Health Care Improvement Act to authorize appropriations for fiscal years 1981 through 1984 for: (1) the health professions recruitment program for Indians; (2) the health professions preparatory scholarship program for Indians; (3) the Indian health service extern program; (4) Indian health services, including patient care, field health, dental care, mental health, alcoholism treatment, and maintenance and repair; (5) grants to and contracts with tribal organizations; and (6) health services for urban and other nonreservation Indians. Authorizes Indian scholarship grants for pregraduate education in certain areas of medicine for periods not to exceed four years. Directs that such grants be made at least 15 days before the grantee registers for classes. Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize appropriations for fiscal years 1981 through 1984 for the Indian health scholarship program. Authorizes appropriations as necessary for such fiscal years for: (1) the construction and renovation of Indian health service facilities; and (2) the construction of safe water and sanitary waste disposal facilities. Amends the Indian Health Care Improvement Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to assist tribal organizations in administering programs on Federal Indian reservations to assist Indians to enroll for Medicare benefits and to apply for Medicaid benefits. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to report to Congress, not later than six months after September 30, 1983, on health services for urban and other nonreservation Indians, including an assessment of the unmet health needs of such Indians. Authorizes the Secretary to enter into agreements with an Indian tribe for the reconstruction or renovation of any property leased by the Secretary from such tribe. Directs the Secretary to submit a resource allocation plan to the Congress within one year of enactment of this Act, which explains the future allocation of services and funds provided by the Indian Health Service. Directs the Secretary and the Service to conduct a study of the health hazards to Indian miners and Indians on or near reservations and communities as a result of nuclear resource development, and to develop a health care plan to address the problems assessed in such study. Requires such study and plan to be submitted to the Congress in specified time periods after enactment of this Act. Establishes an Intergovernmental Task Force, chaired by the Secretary, pursuant to such study and plan. Directs the Service to render appropriate medical care to any Indian, upon request by such Indian, for work-related illnesses resulting from employment in a uranium mine or mill and to recover such medical care costs from the mine or mill operator. Designates the State of Arizona as a contract health service delivery area of the Indian Health Service, and directs that the Service not curtail any existing services provided to Indians on Federal reservations in the State as a result of such designation. Makes the provisions of this Act effective October 1, 1980.

A bill to amend the Controlled Substances Act to authorize the use of heroin for terminally ill cancer patients.

United States · United States Congress · 13 May 1980

Amends the Controlled Substances Act to permit specified practitioners to register to dispense heroin for an inpatient who has been diagnosed as being terminally ill with cancer.

Medicaid Community Care Act of 1980

United States · United States Congress · 12 May 1980

Medicaid Community Care Act of 1980 - Authorizes a State with a plan approved under title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to apply to the Secretary of Health and Human Services (formerly, the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare) to have Federal payments for home health care services, nursing services, home health aid services, medical equipment for use in the home, physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech pathology services, endiology services, adult day health services, respite care, short-term full-term nursing care, homemaker services, and nutrition counseling made at a higher rate the the rate for other care and services provided under the State plan. Specifies that the Federal medical assistance percentage for such services and the comprehensive assessments provided for in this Act shall be the lesser of: (1) the Federal medical assistance percentage determined under title XIX plus 25 percent; or (2) 90 percent of the cost of such services and assessments. Requires an application to be accompanied by a community care plan which: (1) provides for a comprehensive assessment of each individual eligible or applying for Medicaid who is likely to need long-term skilled nursing facility or intermediate care facility services; (2) makes available, under title XIX, the care and services for which the higher Federal payment may be made to individuals determined pursuant to a comprehensive assessment to be in need of long-term facility services and for whom such assistance is a feasible alternative to long-term facility services; and (3) coordinates the services provided under this Act with similar services provided under the Older Americans Act of 1965, and under titles XVIII (Medicare) and XX (Grants to States for Services) of the Social Security Act. Requires the Secretary to report to Congress with respect to the program established under this Act. Permits a State, for the purposes of title XIX, to treat a noninstitutionalized individual the same as an individual who is in a long-term care facility if the noninstitutionalized individual meets the income and resources standards for long-term facility residents and has been determined, pursuant to an assessment under this Act, to need long-term facility services.

Mental Health Systems Act

United States · United States Congress · 7 May 1980

Mental Health Systems Act - Title I: Community Mental Health Services - Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make preparation grants to public or nonprofit private entities recommended by the State mental health authority for projects to: (1) assess mental health service needs; (2) design programs; (3) obtain financial and professional assistance; and (4) encourage community involvement. Prohibits: (1) any grant from exceeding $75,000; (2) a mental health service area from receiving more than one such grant; and (3) any service area from receiving a grant if it has previously received a planning grant under the Community Mental Health Centers Act. Authorizes appropriations for each of fiscal years 1982-1984. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to public and nonprofit private community mental health centers (CMHCs) for nonconstruction expenses. Limits eligibility to CMHCs that: (1) are State-operated; or (2) have been approved by the State mental health authority. Requires applications to be accompanied by assurances from such authority that the grant and all other funding sources the applicant CMHC may reasonably be expected to receive will cover the operating expenses for the year in which the grant is to be made. Limits grant eligibility to the first eight years of a CMHC's operation. Permits a rollover of unused funds to the next fiscal year. Provides that the amount of the grant shall be the lesser of: (1) the amount equal to the amount by which a CMHC's annual operating costs exceed its revenues; or (2) a decreasing annual percentage of operating costs. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1982-1984. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1982-1991 for CMHC continuation grants. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to State mental health authorities, CMHCs, and other public and nonprofit private entities for services to the chronically mentally ill, including: (1) case management; (2) access to mental, medical, rehabilitation, and dental services; and (3) access to employment, housing, and other support services. Directs the Secretary to give special consideration to projects which supplement existing community services. Sets forth the following order of applicant priority for such projects: (1) State mental health authorities; (2) CMHCs; and (3) public and nonprofit private entities in areas without CMHCs. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1982-1984. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to State mental health authorities, CMHCs, and other public and nonprofit private entities for mental health and support services for severely mentally disturbed children and adolescents and members of their families. Sets forth the following order of applicant priority: (1) State mental health authorities; (2) CMHCs; and (3) public and nonprofit private entities in areas without CMHCs. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1982- 1984. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to public or nonprofit private entities to provide mental health services to unserved or underserved priority populations. States that applications for such grants shall only be approved if: (1) the State mental health authority has recommended approval; (2) the application contains assurances of increased services to such populations and of their opportunities to comment on the proposed project and on its later performance; and (3) the applicant will provide outpatient mental services and two of six other specified related services during the first three years that it receives a grant, and has a plan for the provision of all such services upon the expiration of such first three years. Prohibits: (1) more than two grants in any single mental health service area during the same fiscal year; (2) more than ten grants to any such area; and (3) more than five grants for service for the same group. Directs the Secretary to determine grant amounts. Stipulates that the fourth and fifth grants may not exceed 60 percent and 30 percent, respectively, of the project's costs. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1982-1984. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to CMHCs for consultation and education services, followup services, and program administration. Limits eligibility to those CMHCs which have received community health center grants under this Act or under the Community Mental Health Centers Act, but are no longer eligible (because of limitations on number of grants or period of eligibility) for such assistance. States that as of fiscal year 1984, such eligibility shall be further limited to State-run or State-recommended CMHCs. Prohibits any single CMHC from receiving more than five grants. Directs the Secretary to determine grant amounts. Stipulates that any such grant may not exceed $1.00 per capita for the population of the mental health service area. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1982-1984. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants for the provision of mental health services to: (1) public or nonprofit private ambulatory health care centers; and (2) public or nonprofit private entities which provide emergency and outpatient mental services and consultation and education services. Requires an application to include an affiliation agreement between a provider of ambulatory care services and a provider of mental health services. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1982-1984. Authorizes the Indian Health Service, upon the request of any tribe or urban Indian organization, to apply to the Secretary for any grant under this title. Provides that such a grant: (1) shall be made on the same terms and conditions that apply to non-Federal entities; and (2) shall be made even though the project to be funded serves residents of two or more mental health service areas of a State. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to public and nonprofit private entities for: (1) employment services and training for employees adversely affected by changes in mental health service delivery systems; and (2) innovative mental health projects. Authorizes up to five percent of the funds appropriated under this title for such projects. Stipulates that at least 50 percent of such funds shall be used for training and employment projects. Title II: State Programs - Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to State mental health authorities for: (1) data collection and analysis; (2) planning and administration; (3) performance standards and evaluation; and (4) other appropriate mental health services improvement projects. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1982-1984. Authorizes the Secretary to enter into agreements with State mental health authorities under which such authorities will: (1) disburse Federal funds under this Act; (2) review projects funded under this Act; and (3) perform other functions as agreed upon by the Secretary and State mental health authority. States that the Secretary, as determined by such agreements, shall make grants to such authorities to meet their costs in carrying out the agreements. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1982-1984. Title III: Prevention - Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to public and nonprofit private entities to demonstrate and evaluate the effectiveness of intervention techniques and mental health promotion activities in the prevention of mental illness. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1982-1984. Title IV: General Provisions - States that before any entity in a State may be eligible to receive funds under this Act such State must have in effect a mental health services plan which: (1) has been approved by the Secretary; (2) is consistent with the State health plan prepared in accordance with the Public Health Service Act; and (3) has been prepared by the requisite State agency and submitted to the Secretary through the Governor. Authorizes the Secretary, after giving notice and opportunity for a hearing to the State agency, to discontinue funds to any entity for noncompliance. States that a State mental health services plan shall consist of an administrative part and a services part. Requires the administrative part to provide for: (1) a State agency to administer the plan; (2) an advisory council to consult with such agency; (3) periodic reports to the Secretary and recordkeeping; (4) statistics collection; (5) periodic plan review and modification; and (6) personnel standards on a merit basis. Requires the services part to: (1) identify the State's mental health service areas; (2) identify the needs and the adequacy of resources to meet such needs; (3) describe the proposed allocation of resources; (4) describe proposals to coordinate State and local services; (5) describe the legal rights of mentally ill persons; and (6) provide for emphasis of outpatient mental health services, including protections for employees adversely affected by such programs. Prohibits a grant to be made under this Act unless such application is approved by the Secretary. Sets forth the contents of such an application, including: (1) a budget, which shows funding sources and allocation, activities to be conducted, and target populations; (2) a statement of objectives; (3) in the case of any project under which health services are to be provided, assurances that the applicant: (a) has prepared a schedule of fees and discounts and has made reasonable effort to secure payment and reimbursement for services; (b) will provide that all fees will be paid to the center and all services provided by health professionals will be performed only at the center; and (c) will require that all patients be under professional staff supervision and that a member of such staff will be available to provide emergency mental health care; (4) arrangements, when necessary, for serving populations with limited English-speaking ability; (5) assurances of reporting and recordkeeping accessibility; (6) assurances that funds under this Act will not supplant non-Federal funds; and (7) assurances that the project is consistent with the State mental health services plan. Authorizes the Secretary to obligate up to two percent of the total appropriations under this Act for any fiscal year for technical assistance to any grant recipient. Prohibits any single mental health service area from receiving more than ten grants under specified sections of this Act and the Community Mental Health Centers Act. Requires the Secretary to: (1) prescribe grantee performance standards; and (2) consider any prior performance under this Act by an applicant in determining whether or not to approve a new application. Provides that: (1) with the Secretary's approval, a grantee may use a portion of the grant for project evaluation; and (2) the Secretary may obligate in a fiscal year up to one percent of appropriations under this Act to monitor grantees. Defines "community mental health center" as a legal entity providing mental health service principally to individuals residing or employed in a mental health service area, regardless of such individuals' finances, past health condition, or any other factor. Sets forth services required to be provided by such CMHCs, including: (1) inpatient, outpatient, and emergency services; (2) assistance to courts and other public agencies in screening persons for inpatient mental health care; (3) where appropriate, treatment as an alternative to inpatient care; (4) education and counseling; (5) follow-up care for discharged patients; (6) specialized services for children and for the elderly; (7) transitional half-way house services; and (8) alcohol and drug abuse programs. Requires each CMHC to have: (1) a quality assurance program; (2) a medical records system; (3) a professional advisory board; and (4) an administrative unit responsible for providing education and consultation services (unless waived by the Secretary). Authorizes the indirect provision of services by a CMHC through satellite facilities or through arrangements with other entities or health professionals. Limits the Secretary's contract authority in any fiscal year to the extent or in such amounts as provided in advance by appropriation Acts. Title V: Minority Concerns - Establishes the position of Associate Director for Minority Concerns within the National Institute of Mental Health. Authorizes grant and contract programs in the areas of: (1) mental health services delivery to minorities; (2) mental health problems of minorities; and (3) increased minority representation in the mental health fields. Title VI: Rape Services Support Program - Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to and contract with public and nonprofit private entities for services to rape victims, including: (1) counseling and follow-up counseling; (2) assistance in securing mental health, legal, medical, and social services; and (3) rape prevention and victim assistance projects. Directs the Secretary to: (1) determine grant amounts, but prohibits any such grant from exceeding 90 percent of the project's cost; (2) establish a grant review panel; and (3) coordinate such activities with other similar Federal programs. Prohibits disclosure of personally identifiable information by a grant or contract recipient except for the purpose for which such information was obtained or with the consent of the person supplying the information. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1981-1984. Prohibits the Secretary from obligating in any fiscal year more than ten percent of appropriated funds for technical assistance to assist in application development. Title VII: Extension of Community Mental Health Centers Act - Amends the Community Mental Health Centers Act to extend through fiscal year 1981 grant authority for: (1) program planning; (2) initial operation costs; (3) consultation and education services; (4) financial distress; and (5) rape prevention. Increases the maximum number of financial distress grants to a CMHC from five to six. Title VIII: Miscellaneous - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require an individual who has received a clinical traineeship in psychology, psychiatry, nursing, or social work that was not of a limited duration or experimental nature to serve in a State mental institution, a health manpower shortage area, or other area designated by the Secretary. States that: (1) such service shall be at the rate of one year for each year of traineeship; (2) failure to fulfill such service shall obligate the individual to repay three times the cost of the traineeship plus interest; and (3) such service may not be used to concurrently repay obligations owed under this Act and under the National Research Service Award and the National Health Service Corps Scholarships programs. Requires that commissioned medical and dental officers of the Public Health Service Corps receive special pay at the same rate as similar officers in the Armed Forces. States that there are shortages in the mental health care specialties.

A bill to approve dimethyl sulfoxide for the relief of inflammation from arthritis, bursitis, rheumatism, and other disorders of the musculoskeletal system.

United States · United States Congress · 5 May 1980

Makes an approved new drug application effective for the use of dimethyl sulfoxide as a topical drug for the relief of inflamation from arthritis, bursitis, rheumatism, and other disorders of the musculoskeletal system.

A bill to approve dimethyl sulfoxide for the treatment of scleroderma.

United States · United States Congress · 5 May 1980

Makes an approved new drug application effective for the use of dimethyl sulfoxide as a treatment for scleroderma.

A bill to approve dimethyl sulfoxide for the treatment of acute brain and spinal cord injuries.

United States · United States Congress · 5 May 1980

Makes an approved new drug application effective for the use of dimethyl sulfoxide as an intravenous drug for the treatment of acute brain and spinal cord injuries.

A bill to amend the Social Security Act to provide for the direct reimbursement of qualified gerontological nurse practitioners under medicare and medicaid.

United States · United States Congress · 1 May 1980

Amends the Social Security Act to revise, for medicare purposes, the definition of "skilled nursing facility" to require that such facilities provide for having a qualified professional gerontological nurse practitioner available, on at least a consultant basis, to assure that necessary gerontological nursing services are furnished. Revises the definition of "physician", for medicare purposes, to include a qualified professional nurse practitioner who is licensed by the State in which such nurse performs such function or action, but only with respect to functions or actions which such nurse is legally authorized to perform as a registered nurse in a State by such State and, then only for purposes of specified provisions relating to: (1) medical and other health services; (2) certification of the need for inpatient psychiatric hospital services; and (3) the requirement that each patient at a hospital be under the care of a physician. Defines "qualified professional gerontological nurse practitioner", for both medicare and medicaid purposes, as an individual who: (1) is licensed to practice nursing by the State in which such function or action is performed; and (2) (a) holds a master's degree in gerontological nursing or a related field from an accredited educational institution, or (b) is certified as a gerontological nurse practitioner by the duly recognized professional nurses organization. Includes among the requirements for State plans for medical assistance, for medicaid purposes, provisions that qualified professional gerontological nurse practitioners: (1) who are legally authorized to provide professional services will be among those for whose professional services payment will be made, with respect to health services covered under the State plan; (2) will be available, at least on a consultant basis, to assure that necessary gerontological nursing services are furnished to patients at any intermediate care facility or skilled nursing facility receiving payments for services under the State plan; (3) will be extended the same staff and similar privileges as physicians, with respect to professional services both groups are authorized to provide, in any hospital receiving payments under the State plan; and (4) will base admissions to such hospitals on nursing diagnoses or a determined functional diagnosis.

Emergency Child Health Services Act of 1980

United States · United States Congress · 1 May 1980

Emergency Child Health Services Act of 1980 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize grants for demonstration programs for children's emergency medical services. Sets forth eligibility requirements. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to report to Congress by January 1, 1984, regarding such programs. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1981-83 for such programs.

proposition de loi tendant à proroger les délais prévus aux premiers et cinquième alinéas de l'article L. 617-14 du code de la santé publique

France · Senate · 30 April 1980

Health Professions Education and Distribution Act of 1980

United States · United States Congress · 29 April 1980

Health Professions Educational Assistance and Nurse Training Amendments of 1980 - Title I: National Health Service Corps Programs - Amends the Public Health Service Act to include as members of the National Health Service Corps individuals who are not employees of the United States. Provides that such individuals shall be subject to the personnel system of the entity to which they are assigned. Stipulates that such individuals shall receive an income equal to that which would have been received as civilian employees of the United States appointed to the Corps. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to prescribe conversion provisions for such members of the Corps who, within one year after completing their service, become Public Health Service officers. Entitles such individuals to credit such service towards retirement benefits. Requires the Secretary, at least 90 days before approving assignment of National Health Service Corps personnel to an area, to give appropriate health professions societies in such area opportunity to submit written comments concerning such assignment. Requires the Secretary to: (1) notify appropriate individuals and entities in health manpower shortage areas who may be interested in the availability of Corps members that such members' service obligations may be met through private practice; (2) not discriminate against entities which receive no assistance under the Public Health Service Act, but which apply for assignment of Corps members; (3) not approve the assignment of a Corps member to an entity who is not an employee of the United States without assurances that such entity: (a) has sufficient financial resources to provide the Corps member with an income not less than such member would receive as a civilian employee appointed to the Corps; or (b) would have sufficient financial resources with supplemental grant support (Authorizes the Secretary to make such grants when necessary); (4) provide applicants with technical assistance to: (a) analyze the potential use of health professions personnel; and (b) determine the need for such personnel, the types of services they should provide, and the available financial resources to support them; (5) conduct programs to demonstrate improvements that can be made in personnel assignment and delivery of services; (6) not discriminate against public entities in application of the waiver provisions of the cost-sharing requirements associated with Corps personnel assignment. Establishes the National Health Service Corps Fund in the Treasury of the United States. Exempts such Fund and the funds credited to it from apportionment for any purpose other than the National Health Service Corps program. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to and contract with public and nonprofit private entities for programs to prepare persons in the National Health Service Corps Scholarship Program to provide their period of obligated health service. Makes persons having completed two years of their obligated Corps service eligible for private practice entry grants (presently must have completed entire period of obligated service). Authorizes appropriations for the Corps program for fiscal years 1981 ($94,000,000), 1982 ($145,000,000), and 1983 ($205,000,000). Directs the Secretary to report to Congress, within 18 months of enactment of this Act, the results of a study designed to: (1) evaluate the criteria used to determine whether an area is a health manpower shortage area; and (2) determine if any such areas have been incorrectly designated. Revises Corps Scholarship Program provisions to: (1) require the Secretary to determine within 90 days whether an individual shall provide his/her obligated service as a Corps officer or civilian employee of the United States or as a member of the Corps who is not such an officer or employee; (2) include those persons fulfilling their service obligation as non-Federal employees as designated members of the Corps; (3) provide that only officer or employee Corps members may be transferred to other parts of the Department to fulfill their service obligation; (4) count service under the National Research Service Award program for purposes of fulfilling the service obligation under the Scholarship Program (presently only applies to medical research); (5) require a Corps member fulfilling his/her service obligation in private practice in a health manpower shortage area to accept a Medicare assignment; (6) authorize the Secretary to permit a person who breaches his/her Corps scholarship contract by failing to begin or to finish a private service obligation to perform such obligated service as a member of the Corps; (7) direct the Secretary to provide technical assistance, upon request, to an individual establishing a private practice in fulfillment of his/her service obligation; (8) direct the Secretary to provide information to potential Corps Scholarship Program recipients concerning such private practice service option; (9) state that scholarship recipients under an earlier Public Health Service Act program are eligible for such private practice option; (10) eliminate specified requirements for a health manpower shortage area to qualify for such private practice option; (11) make clinical psychologists eligible to participate in such Scholarship Program; (12) require the Secretary to give special consideration to Scholarship applicants who intend to be primary care physicians in health manpower shortage areas in which they have resided or been employed; (13) authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1981 ($92,000,000), 1982 ($101,000,000), and 1983 ($109,000,000); and (14) make authorizations available for fiscal years 1984 through 1986 for students entering into contracts before October 1, 1983. Title II: Health Professions Programs under Title VII - Eliminates the enrollment increase requirement for grants to expand existing health professions training facilities respecting such grants received before enactment of this Act. Authorizes the Secretary to make teaching facilities construction grants to assist two-year medical schools to become four-year schools. Authorizes $15,000,000 for fiscal year 1981 for such grants. Requires an applicant to be an accredited two-year medical school. Directs the Secretary to determine the amount of such grants, but stipulates that no such grant shall exceed 80 percent of the project's total cost. Limits loan and interest guarantees to remodeling, renovation, or alteration projects (presently to any construction projects) through fiscal year 1983. Includes architect fees within the covered costs under such guarantees. Permits the Secretary to make all authorized interest subsidy payments on any loan made before October 1, 1980. Continues the insured loan program to graduate health professions students through fiscal year 1983. Prohibits the insuring of any loan made or installment paid after September 30, 1985 (presently 1982). Increases from $15,000 to $20,000, and from $60,000 to $80,000, the maximum annual and aggregate limits of federally insured loans to graduate students in schools of medicine, osteopathy, or dentistry. Repeals the existing prohibition on the receipt of such insured loans and the receipt of any loan assistance under title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 during the same school year. Permits payment deferrals on loan interest, as well as on principal. Extends the period of such deferral for internships and residencies from three to four years. Requires a lender to offer a repayment schedule which permits a portion of the principal and interest payable at the beginning of a repayment period to be deferred until a later time in such period. Replaces the existing 12 percent maximum interest rate with a rate that may not exceed the average of the bond equivalent rates of the 91-day Treasury bills auctioned for the previous quarter plus two percent. Eliminates the existing provision prohibiting more than 50 percent of the students in each class in schools of medicine, osteopathy or dentistry from having such insured loans. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1981 ($20,00,000), 1982 ($22,500,000), 1983 ($25,000,000), and such sums as necessary for fiscal year 1984 through 1986 for students who received loans prior to October 1, 1983. Redefines "eligible institution" (for purposes of such loans) to be a school of medicine, osteopathy, dentistry, veterinary medicine, optometry, pharmacy, podiatry, or public health within the United States which is accredited by a recognized body or bodies approve for such purpose by the Secretary of Education. Makes financial need scholarships available to second year students (presently only to first year students). Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1981 ($30,000,000), 1982 ($40,000,000), and 1983 ($50,000,000). Replaces existing capitation grant programs with a program of institutional support to assist the educational programs of schools of medicine, osteopathy, dentistry, veterinary medicine, optometry, pharmacy, and podiatry (eliminates public health eligibility). Sets forth an annual grant computation schedule (for each type of school for each of fiscal years 1981 through 1983) based on student enrollment and a specified dollar amount. Authorizes specified appropriations for fiscal years 1981 through 1983 for each of such schools. Permits a school of pharmacy which did not receive a capitation grant in 1980 because accreditation requirements prevented it from meeting applicable enrollment requirements to be eligible in fiscal years 1981-83 for such grants. Excludes medical school enrollment increases made to qualify for certain Veteran's Administration assistance from capitation grant eligibility considerations for fiscal year 1980. Eliminates the separate enrollment requirement of 50 percent of first-year students from States with no accredited optometry schools for nonprofit private optometry schools to qualify for institutional support grants. Authorizes appropriations for project grants for family medicine departments for fiscal years 1981 ($15,000,000), 1982 ($20,000,000), and 1983 ($25,000,000). Provides, with regard to grant eligibility, that a school may have a affiliation with a family medicine residency program, rather than control over such program as presently required. Authorizes appropriations for area health education center grants for fiscal years 1981 ($21,000,000), 1982 ($28,000,000), and 1983 ($30,000,000). Authorizes appropriations for grants to train physician assistants and dental auxiliaries for fiscal years 1981 ($14,000,000), 1982 ($15,000,000), and 1983 ($16,000,000). Authorizes appropriations for internal medicine and pediatrics training for fiscal years 1981 ($23,000,000), 1982 ($30,000,000), and 1983 ($32,000,000). Makes public and private nonprofit entities eligible for such grants. Makes the training of physicians as teachers of internal medicine and pediatrics eligible for such grant support. Authorizes appropriations for family medicine and dentistry grants for fiscal years 1981 ($50,000,000), 1982 ($75,000,000),and 1983 ($80,000,000). Directs the Secretary to: (1) conduct a study to determine the most effective means of providing financial assistance to graduate medical programs in internal medicine, pediatrics, and family medicine; and (2) report the results of such study to the Senate Labor and Human Resources Committee and to the House Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee within one year of enactment of this Act. Authorizes appropriations for grants to provide educational assistance to individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds for fiscal years 1981 ($30,000,000), 1982 ($33,000,000), and 1983 ($36,000,000). Authorizes grants for: (1) secondary education programs to encourage disadvantaged students to pursue health careers; (2) improving university curriculum; (3) joint programs between universities and health professions institutions; (4) counseling, work-study, and other programs to assist such students in completing their education; and (5) increasing the number of faculty from disadvantaged backgrounds in the health professions schools. Requires that no less than 80 percent of annual appropriations be obligated for grants or contracts with institutions of higher education, and that no more than five percent be obligated for publicizing sources of financial aid. Eliminates start-up, conversion, and curriculum grants for new schools or medicine, osteopathy, and dentistry. Permits schools receiving such grants in fiscal year 1980 to continue to receive assistance. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to assist two-year medical schools in accelerating the date they will become four-year medical schools. States that the amount of such grants shall be the product of $25,000 and the number of full-time, third-year students which the Secretary estimates will be enrolled during the fiscal year for which the grant is made. Makes programs and projects for the training of diabetes health professionals and dental school curriculum development eligible for such grants. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1981 ($10,000,000), 1982 ($12,500,000), and 1983 ($15,000,000). Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to schools of medicine, osteopathy, dentistry, public health, veterinary medicine, optometry, pharmacy, and podiatry which are in financial distress. Permits such grants to used for: (1) operating costs; (2) special accreditation requirements; (3) operational, managerial, and financial reforms; (4) maintaining the quality of educational programs; and (5) strengthening academic resources and capabilities. Provides that the Secretary shall determine terms and conditions of such grants, including requiring a participating school to: (1) disclose appropriate financial information; (2) conduct a cost analysis study; and (3) carry out operational, managerial, or financial reforms. Authorizes the Secretary to provide technical assistance to enable a recipient school to conduct a cost analysis of its operations. Requires a grant recipient to provide assurances that it will not reduce its share of non-Federal expenditures from an amount equal to the average amount of such expenditures in the two previous years. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1981 ($20,000,000), 1982 ($20,000,000), and 1983 ($20,000,00). Repeals existing grant authority for: (1) the training of certain medical students who are not in such school's principal teaching facilities; and (2) assisting new health care institutions in meeting faculty and equipment costs. Authorizes the Secretary to make support grants to public and other nonprofit schools of public health. Sets forth: (1) the grant computation formula based on student enrollment; and (2) grant and application requirements. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1981 ($7,000,000), 1982 ($8,000,000), and 1983 ($9,000,000). Makes persons with a baccalaureate degree eligible for public health traineeships (presently must have a postbaccalaureate degree). Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1981 ($8,000,000), 1982 ($9,000,000), and 1983 ($10,000,000). Authorizes appropriations for grants for special projects for accredited public health schools for fiscal year 1981 ($5,000,000), 1982 ($5,500,000), and 1983 ($6,000,000). Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to and contract with public and nonprofit private entities for the establishment and operation of centers to provide short-term advanced training in: (1) health systems management; (2) health policy, planning, and regulation; (3) environmental policy and management; (4) financial management; (5) management of small centers in inner city and rural settings; and (6) other areas to increase such individuals' capabilities in carrying out their responsibilities. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1981 ($1,500,000), 1982 ($2,500,000), and 1983 ($3,000,000). Increases from $100,000 to $150,000 the amount of non-Federal funds an applicant must provide for a graduate health administration grant. Requires assurances of concentration in specified health areas. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal year 1981 ($4,000,000), 1982 ($4,500,000), and 1983 ($5,000,000). Makes persons with a baccalaureate degree eligible for traineeships in graduate health-related programs (presently must have a postbaccalaureate degree). Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1981 ($2,500,000), 1982 ($3,000,000), and 1983 ($3,500,000). Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to schools of medicine, dentistry, and osteopathy to: (1) improve academic units in preventive or community medicine or dentistry; (2) improve instruction in such areas; (3) support joint programs between other clinical specialties and preventive or community medicine or dentistry; and (4) train teachers and researchers in preventive, community, or occupational medicine or dentistry. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1981 ($2,000,000), 1982 ($3,000,000), and 1983 ($4,000,000). Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to schools of medicine and public health to: (1) develop new residency training programs and expand existing programs in preventive medicine; and (2) provide financial aid to residency trainees. Requires an applicant-institution to have full-time faculty with experience in such fields and support from other faculty members trained in public health and related specialties. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1981 ($6,000,000), 1982 ($7,000,000), and 1983 ($8,000,000). Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to educational institutions with accredited programs in health administration to meet the costs of curriculum development, including: (1) finance; (2) marketing; (3) economics; (4) epidemiology and health planning; (5) health policy, law, and regulation; (6) quality assurance and assessment; (7) information systems; (8) health services organization and management for students in health disciplines other than health administration; and (9) management of ambulatory care services. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1981 ($3,000,000), 1982 ($4,000,000), and 1983 ($5,000,000). Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to accredited schools of public health and other institutions with accredited health administration programs to establish and operate faculty development programs. Requires a fellowship recipient to: (1) have a doctoral degree (or its equivalent); and (2) serve at least two years as a faculty member in an accredited public health or health administration institution. Authorizes $1,000,000 for each of fiscal years 1981 through 1983. Requires the Secretary to: (1) assess and identify, on an ongoing basis, current and projected personnel needs for environmental and occupational health workers and such needs for the implementation of Federal, State, and local environmental protection and occupational health laws; (2) study and assess a variety of educational and service needs and governmental agency operations; and (3) report to the Congress concerning such activities. Authorizes $1,000,000 for each of fiscal years 1981 through 1983 for such studies. Authorizes specified appropriations for fiscal years 1981 through 1983 for the following allied health personnel areas: (1) project grants; (2) traineeships; and (3) assistance to disadvantaged individuals. Title III: Nurse Training - Authorizes $1,000,000 for each of fiscal years 1981 through 1983 for nursing school construction in health manpower shortage areas. Authorizes similar amounts for related loan guarantees and interest subsidies. Replaces the existing capitation grant program with an institutional support grant program. States that grant amounts shall be the product of enrollment and: (1) for fiscal year 1981, $200; (2) for fiscal year 1982, $210; and (3) for fiscal year 1983, $220. Requires a collegiate school of nursing to meet at least one of the following eligibility requirements: (1) that it will increase its first year enrollment by 15 percent or ten students, whichever is greater; (2) that it will carry out a program of nurse practitioner training; (3) that it will recruit and graduate individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds (at least 20 percent or ten students, whichever is greater, of each year's entering class); and (4) that at least 20 percent or ten students, whichever is greater, of each year's entering class will have associate nursing degrees or a diploma from a diploma nursing school. Requires an associate degree nursing school or a diploma nursing school to meet at least one of the following eligibility requirements: (1) that at least 20 percent or ten students, whichever is greater, of each year's entering class are licensed practical or vocational nurses; and (2) that the number of part-time students is at least 20 percent of the total enrollment. Authorizes appropriations for nursing school institutional support grants for fiscal years 1981 ($25,000,000), 1982 ($27,500,000), and 1983 ($30,000,000). Eliminates eligibility for special project grants for the following: (1) mergers or other cooperative agreements between hospitals and academic institutions; (2) nurse education curriculum improvement; and (3) short-term training programs for nurses aides and paraprofessionals in nursing homes. Provides that an entity which received a grant for such a project in fiscal year 1980 may receive one additional grant or contract for such project. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1981 ($15,000,000), 1982 ($17,500,000) and 1983 ($20,000,000). Stipulates that at least 20 percent of such funds must be used for persons from disadvantaged backgrounds. Requires that a similar set-aside be made to increase the geographic and specialty distribution of nursing personnel. Authorizes appropriations for advanced nurse training for fiscal years 1981 ($12,000,000), 1982 ($13,500,000), and 1983 ($15,000,000). Authorizes appropriations for nurse practitioner programs for fiscal years 1981 ($17,000,000), 1982 ($18,500,000), and 1983 ($20,000,000). Eliminates the requirement that a recipient be a resident of a health manpower shortage area, but requires the Secretary to give special consideration to programs that will train residents of such areas. Requires a recipient: (1) to provide one month of obligated service for each month of traineeship received; (2) who fails to complete such service obligation to pay the cost of tuition, related expenses, and interest; and (3) who is academically dismissed or leaves voluntarily to repay the cost of tuition and other expenses made on his or her behalf. Permits the Secretary to waive such obligations. Authorizes appropriations for advanced traineeships for fiscal years 1981 ($15,000,000), 1982 ($17,500,000), and 1983 ($20,000,000). Makes nurse midwives eligible for such grants. Stipulates that at least 50 percent of such annual appropriations shall be obligated for traineeships in the various nurse training fields. Authorizes appropriations for nurse anesthetist traineeships for fiscal years 1981 ($2,000,000), 1982 ($3,000,000), and 1983 ($4,000,000). Provides with regard to student nursing loans that: (1) no recipient student in attendance before October 1, 1984 (presently 1980) may also receive a specified National Defense Education Act loan; (2) recipients must be from low-income or disadvantaged families; and (3) the interest rate shall be six (presently three) percent. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1981 ($15,000,000), 1982 ($17,500,000), and 1983 ($20,000,000). Authorizes necessary appropriations for fiscal years 1984 through 1986 for students who have received loans prior to October 1, 1983 (presently 1980). Removes the Commissioner of Education from membership on the National Council on Nurse Training. Title IV: Graduate Medical Education National Advisory Committee - Establishes the Graduate Medical Education National Advisory Committee. Sets forth such Committee's functions and duties.

Federal Interagency Medical Resources Sharing and Coordination Act of 1980

United States · United States Congress · 24 April 1980

Federal Interagency Medical Resources Sharing and Coordination Act of 1980 - Establishes the Federal Interagency Health Resources Committee to be composed of the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of Health and Human Services (formerly the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare), and the Administrator of Veterans Affairs. Directs the Committee to take specified measures culminating with: (1) the establishment of uniform policies and procedures for interagency sharing of health resources by Federal direct health care providers; and (2) the promulgation, within 120 days after enactment of this Act, of guidelines for the interagency sharing of medical resources by health care facilities within the jurisdiction of the Secretaries and the Administrator. Requires that such guidelines provide that: (1) shared services shall not be limited to specialized medical resources; (2) the availability of a medical facility of one agency to a beneficiary of another agency shall be on a referral basis; (3) an agency shall be reimbursed for a medical service provided to a beneficiary of another agency; and (4) sharing agreements shall be operative upon agreement by medical facility directors unless disapproved by an agency involved. Requires each agency providing medical services under this Act to report annually to Congress concerning such services. Directs the General Accounting Office to monitor and report annually to Congress on the progress of the Department of Defense, the Department of Health and Human Services, and the Veterans' Administration in implementing this Act.

Indian Health Care Amendments of 1980

United States · United States Congress · 24 April 1980

Indian Health Care Amendments of 1980 - Amends the Indian Health Care Improvement Act to authorize appropriations for fiscal years 1981-1984 for the following programs: (1) health professions recruitment; (2) health professions preparatory scholarships; (3) Indian health services; (4) continuing education allowances; (5) not more than two pilot rural health projects; (6) construction and renovation of service facilities; and (7) urban Indian health services. Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize appropriations for fiscal years 1981-1984 for the Indian Health Scholarship Program. Makes technical and conforming amendments to such Acts.

Family Care Demonstration Project Act

United States · United States Congress · 24 April 1980

Family Care Demonstration Project Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services (formerly the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare), in consultation with the Commissioner of the Administration on Aging, to make grants to, and enter into contracts with, any public or private entity, including any hospital that has a medicare agreement in effect, to conduct demonstration programs for the placement of specified elderly persons in private homes as foster care residents. Requires that such elderly persons be: (1) 65 years old or older; (2) inpatients in a hospital or nursing home, but no longer require inpatient care; (3) ambulatory and require continued medical support services or intermittent medical or skilled nursing care similar to the care provided in an intermediate care facility, but do not require continuous skilled nursing services; and (4) lack other appropriate residential arrangements to provide necessary services. Directs the Secretary to require that such programs establish standards to assure that specified criteria are met. Includes among such criteria, requirements that such programs: (1) provide for placement in the homes of blood relatives whenever possible if such homes meet applicable requirements; (2) include placements in homes of relatives and in other foster care homes in order to evaluate care in both settings; (3) provide for contribution to the cost of care by the elderly person to the extent that this does not unduly deplete such person's resources; (4) assure persons in whose home such foster care is given are compensated; and (5) assists members of the family providing foster care in making alternative short-term care arrangements when necessary. Directs the Secretary to: (1) provide, to the extent feasible, for the distribution of such grants or contracts among urban and rural areas; and (2) determine the amount of any such grant or contract. Sets forth certain recordkeeping requirements for such programs. Requires that such records be available to the Secretary and the Comptroller General for audit and examination. Authorizes the Secretary to provide technical assistance to appropriate entities with respect to such programs. Directs the Secretary to establish an information clearinghouse regarding foster care programs available in the United States. Directs the Secretary to evaluate such programs and report to Congress by January 1, 1984. Directs the Secretary to prescribe regulations relating to the compensation to be received by persons in whose home an elderly person receives foster care under such program. Authorizes the Secretary, in carrying out such demonstration programs, to make: (1) foster care maintenance payments on behalf of elderly persons who are eligible for medicare hospital insurance benefits, from the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund; and (2) payments to States under the medicaid program with respect to amounts expended by States for foster care maintenance payment to elderly persons otherwise eligible for medical assistance under the State's approved Medicaid plan. Sets forth factors upon which the Secretary is to make determinations of the amount of such payments. Prohibits taking such foster care into consideration in determining eligibility for, or amount of, supplemental security income benefits or specified State payments. Authorizes appropriations for such grants and contracts of $1,500,000 for each of fiscal years 1981 through 1983. Provides that such appropriations shall be: (1) available for the costs of such demonstration programs, including payments to persons in whose home an elderly person receives foster care; and (2) available with regard to any elderly person participating in the program, including those for whom specified payments and contributions do not adequately compensate persons in whose home they receive care.

A bill to designate the Indian Health Facility in Ada, Oklahoma, the "Carl Albert Indian Health Facility".

United States · United States Congress · 23 April 1980

Designates the Indian health facility in Ada, Oklahoma, as the "Carl Albert Indian Health Facility."

A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide coverage for dental care, eyeglasses, and hearing aids under the part B supplementary medical insurance program.

United States · United States Congress · 22 April 1980

Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide payment, under the supplementary medical insurance program, for dental care including dentures, eye examinations including eyeglasses, and hearing aids including examination.

A joint resolution to designate May 1980 as "Better Hearing and Speech Month".

United States · United States Congress · 22 April 1980

Authorizes the President to designate May, 1980, as "Better Hearing and Speech Month."

Guillain-Barre Syndrome Compensation Commission Act

United States · United States Congress · 22 April 1980

Guillain-Barre Syndrome Compensation Commission Act - Establishes the Guillain-Barre Syndrome Compensation Commission to fairly and expeditiously hear, determine, and pay claims against the United States for injuries to individuals who contracted such syndrome after immunization pursuant to the swine flu program. Sets forth the composition and operating procedures of such Commission. Authorizes the Commission to appoint a director and staff and procure other necessary personnel. Directs the Commission to hold hearings at times and places necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act. Authorizes the Commission to issue subpenas relative to procuring evidence of the liability of the United States for damages to a claimant. Provides judicial procedures for refusal to obey such subpenas. Authorizes the Chairperson of the Commission to secure any information from Federal agencies not exempted from disclosure by rule of law. Directs that any claim for relief under this Act shall be submitted to the Commission within 12 months after the date of enactment of such Act. Requires the Commission, within 120 days of receipt of such claim, to hold a hearing to determine the eligibility and amount of damages due any such claimant. Declares a claimant eligible for damages if: (1) a timely claim has been filed; (2) the Guillain-Barre Syndrome was contracted within 20 weeks after immunization; and (3) the claimant has not received a full settlement of such claim against the United States. Specifies time periods under which the Commission shall make a final determination pursuant to any claim and to make payment of damages due any claimant. Declares that any payment to a claimant shall be in full settlement of all claims of such claimant against the United States arising out of the swine flu program. Directs the Commission to submit a final report to the President and each House of Congress pursuant to its operations under this Act, within three years after the date of enactment of such Act. Declares that the Commission shall terminate on a date determined by the Secretary of Health and Human Services.

A bill to establish an office in the National Institutes of Health to assist in the development of drugs for diseases and conditions of low incidence.

United States · United States Congress · 17 April 1980

Establishes within the National Institutes of Health the Office of Drugs of Limited Commercial Value under the direction of the Director of the National Institutes of Health. Establishes within the Office an advisory council to advise the Director and make recommendations to the Secretary of Health and Human Services (formerly Health, Education, and Welfare) respecting the time required for drug approval under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. Authorizes the Director to provide financial assistance to entities for the development of drugs of limited commercial value, defined as a drug for a condition or disease of low incidence, to undertake the development of such drugs, undertake studies to determine the potential and need for specific drugs, and coordinate the efforts of public and private entities engaged in the development of such drugs. Requires the submission and approval of an application containing the scientific basis for the development of the drug and the proposed therapeutic use of the drug and other specified information before financial assistance is provided. Requires each entity receiving funds to keep specified records. Requires the Director to report to Congress within two years on the effectiveness of this Act.

A bill to provide payment for dental services under part B of the medicare program.

United States · United States Congress · 15 April 1980

Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide payment for: (1) dentures; and (2) dental care and treatment under the supplementary medical insurance program.

A bill to permit relatives of Medicaid eligible individuals residing in nursing homes to contribute voluntarily to a State fund for the provision of such care.

United States · United States Congress · 3 April 1980

Permits a State to establish a program under which relatives of a Medicaid (title XIX of the Social Security Act) beneficiary receiving skilled nursing facility services or intermediate care facility services may contribute to a fund used to provide such services.

A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to permit States to terminate eligibility for medicaid medical assistance for up to one year for individuals determined to have abused the Medicaid program.

United States · United States Congress · 3 April 1980

Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to permit a State to terminate benefits, for up to one year, to an individual who, after notice and opportunity for hearing, is determined by a preponderance of the evidence to have committed specified abuses under Medicaid.

Medical Radiation Safety Act of 1980

United States · United States Congress · 3 April 1980

Medical Radiation Safety Act of 1980 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services, in consultation with the Radiation Policy Council, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, and appropriate State agencies, to promulgate dental and medical radiologic procedure accreditation and certification standards. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to States (not to exceed 50 percent of the costs) for such programs. Directs the Secretary to provide a model law for radiologic safety to the States. Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to direct the Secretary to prescribe radiological equipment safety regulations. Directs the Secretary, in consultation with the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, to promulgate Federal radiation protection guidelines which shall encourage the therapeutic medical application of radiation with the minimum radiologic exposure. States that any such standards shall apply to all executive departments and agencies. States that no later than three years after enactment of this Act: (1) Federal assistance will only be provided in States having accreditation and certification programs consistent with Federal standards; and (2) no Federal assistance will be provided to any person not in compliance with specified Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act regulations. Authorizes the Secretary to make hardship exceptions to such requirements.

A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to allow States to provide for competitive bidding for the purchase of certain items under their Medicaid plans.

United States · United States Congress · 3 April 1980

Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to permit a State, under certain circumstances, to purchase, either through a competitive bidding process or otherwise: (1) laboratory and X-ray services; (2) family planning supplies; (3) prescription drugs; (4) dentures; (5) prosthetic devices; or (6) eyeglasses.

A resolution requesting the National Academy of Sciences to conduct a comprehensive review of all pertinent scientific information relating to the risks and benefits associated with human exposure to nitrites.

United States · United States Congress · 3 April 1980

Requests the National Academy of Sciences to conduct a comprehensive review of all pertinent scientific information relating to the risks and benefits associated with human exposure to nitrites, including the Newberne study and all other animal feeding studies and nitrosamine occurrence in food and beverages.

projet de loi modifiant certaines dispositions du code de la santé publique relatives à l'exercice de la profession d'infirmier ou d'infirmière

France · Senate · 2 April 1980

Veterans' Administration Health-Care Program Amendments of 1980

United States · United States Congress · 2 April 1980

Veterans' Administration Health-Care Personnel Act of 1980 - Amends the Veterans' Administration Physician and Dentist Pay Comparability Act of 1975 to authorize the payment of special pay to physicians and dentists in the Department of Medicine and Surgery of the Veterans' Administration (VA) who are employed intermittently or less than half-time, occupy internship or residency positions, or are retired annuitants. Exempts physicians, dentists, nurses, and other health-care professionals employed by the Department from the Senior Executive Service. Directs the Administrator of the Veterans' Administration to appoint such licensed practical or vocational nurses, and nursing assistants as he or she may deem necessary for the medical care of veterans. Requires that such medical personnel have medical and technical qualifications as prescribed by the Administrator. Increases pay under the basic pay schedules for: (1) employees of the Office of the Chief Medical Director; (2) physicians and dentists; (3) nurses; (4) nursing support; and (5) clinical podiatrists and optometrists. Provides for special pay and additional pay under special guidelines for such personnel. Authorizes the Administrator to increase the rates of pay, within specified limits, for selected personnel in specified geographic areas in order to provide rates competitive with comparable health personnel by non-federal health care facilities in the same labor market. Requires the Chief of Staff of a VA medical center to be a full-time VA employee who does not receive remuneration of any kind from an affiliated institution. Permits chiefs of staff serving on a less than full-time basis to continue to receive remuneration from an outside source. Prohibits such employee from receiving increases in special pay. Authorizes the Administrator to provide support for the training of selected registered nurses and nurse practitioners for a baccalaureate degree in nursing. Stipulates that the personnel of the Department of Medicine and Surgery serving on less than full-time basis shall receive civil service retirement credit for such service only on a pro-rata basis. Excludes licensed practical or vocational nurses and nursing assistants from the jurisdiction of the disciplinary boards appointed by the Chief Medical Officer. Restricts the activities of the Special Medical Advisory Groups established by the Administrator to policy matters related to education and training arising in connection with the program with respect to which it was appointed. Stipulates that final decisions concerning employment at the VA facility must be made by the VA. Establishes a medical center advisory committee in each VA health-care facility to advise medical center management with respect to all matters concerning the provision of health care to eligible veterans and dependents. Authorizes the Administrator to appoint licensed practical or vocational nurses and nursing assistants to part-time or temporary positions without regard to civil service or classification rules. Authorizes the defense of such personnel in malpractice suits. Increases special and incentive pay for physicians and dentists in the Department of Medicine and Surgery. Establishes additional special pay for physicians and dentists serving in an area in which there are extraordinary difficulties in the recruitment and retention of such personnel. Establishes a Veterans' Administration Physicians' and Dentists' Pay Board. Sets forth the composition and duties of such Board. Requires the Board to investigate pay distinctions among VA doctors and dentists and such professionals in other Federal agencies and in the private sector and to report annually on the need for special pay as an incentive for recruitment of doctors and dentists by the VA. Requires the Administrator to conduct a pilot program and study for a specified period of time on the difficulties of recruitment and retention of nursing and nursing support personnel in at least six geographic regions. Requires the submission of the results of such study to Congress.

A bill to require the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to study whether there may be a relationship between exposure of members of the Armed Forces of the United States to nuclear radiation in Hiroshima and Nagasaki immediately after World War II and various symptoms currently exhibited by such members.

United States · United States Congress · 2 April 1980

Directs the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to carry out a study of the possible relationship between exposure of military personnel to radiation in Hiroshima and Nagasaki immediately after World War II and any health problems they may presently have. Requires the Secretary to report to Congress and the Veterans Administration regarding such study.

Health Research Act of 1980

United States · United States Congress · 2 April 1980

Health Research Act of 1980 - Amends title IV of the Public Health Service Act (National Research Institutes) to establish as an agency of the Public Health Service the National Institutes of Health (abolished as a statutory entity by Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1966), consisting of the following 11 categorical institutes: the National Cancer Institute; the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute; the National Institute of Arthritis, Metabolism, and Digestive Diseases; the National Institute on Aging; the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases; the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development; the National Institute of Dental Research; the National Eye Institute; the National Institute of Neurological and Communicative Disorders and Stroke; the National Institute of General Medical Sciences; and the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences. Enumerates the duties of the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), including the authority to obtain the services of not more than 200 scientific or professional experts or consultants. Requires the Director to delegate certain functions to the Assistant Director of NIH. Directs the Secretary to appoint a National Institutes of Health Advisory Board to: (1) advise and make recommendations to the Director of NIH; and (2) prepare an annual report on its activities. Requires the Director of NIH to submit to the President, Congress, and the Secretary an annual report, including a five-year plan for the activities and program policies of the Director and the unrevised annual reports of the Advisory Council and other advisory boards of NIH. Provides that the Director of the National Cancer Institute shall be appointed by the Secretary. Sets forth the general duties of the Secretary (acting through the Director of each national research institute) with respect to the aspect of human health for which the institutes were established. Authorizes activities and programs to be supported through grants and contracts approved by each Director. Provides that the Director of each institute (except the National Institute of General Medical Sciences) shall appoint an assistant director to coordinate and promote the prevention, education, and health information programs of the institute. Directs the Secretary to appoint an advisory council for each national research institute. Sets forth general provisions applicable to the councils, including that each council shall: (1) consist of 18 voting members appointed by the Secretary for four-year terms; and (2) review research projects and programs submitted under its jurisdiction, collect information in its field, advise the Director with respect to grant expenditures, and convene workshops and conferences. Applies special provisions to the National Cancer Advisory Board. Requires each Director to prepare an annual report including a five-year plan for the institute's activities and policies. Extends the authorization of appropriations in specific amounts for each of the 11 institutes through fiscal year 1983. Sets forth specific provisions relating to each of the national research institutes. States the general purpose of each institute. Establishes an Interagency Technical Committee on Cancer to coordinate aspects of all Federal health programs and activities relating to cancer to assure their technical soundness and to provide for necessary exchanges of information. Extends the authorization of appropriations in specific amounts for each of the following bodies and programs through fiscal year 1983: (1) the National Arthritis Advisory Board, the National Diabetes Advisory Board, and the National Digestive Diseases Advisory Board; (2) arthritis demonstration projects and data system; (3) multipurpose arthritis centers; and (4) diabetes research and training centers. Revises certain provisions relating to national research service awards. Extends the authorization of appropriations for such awards through fiscal year 1983. Directs the Comptroller General to report to Congress by January 1, 1983, on the effect of such program on the number of physicians who enter the various medical specialties. Carries forward certain general provisions relating to the Institutes. Authorizes appropriations through fiscal year 1983 for grants for preventive health service programs for tuberculosis.

A bill to permit relatives of Medicaid eligible individual residing in nursing homes to contribute voluntarily to a State fund for the provision of such care.

United States · United States Congress · 2 April 1980

Permits a State to establish a program under which relatives of a Medicaid (title XIX of the Social Security Act) beneficiary receiving skilled nursing facility services or intermediate care facility services may contribute to a fund used to provide such services.

Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act Amendments of 1980

United States · United States Congress · 2 April 1980

Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act Amendments of 1980 - Title I: Amendments to the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to redefine the term "interstate commerce" that affects commerce between any State or territory and any place outside thereof. Eliminates the requirement that the Secretary of Health and Human Services, (formerly, the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare) designate the optional ingredients which shall be named on the label of a food or class of food for which a definition and standard of identity has been prescribed which permits the use of optional ingredients. States that a food which purports to be or is represented as a food for which a definition and standard of identity has been prescribed shall be deemed misbranded if such food does not conform to such definition and standard and its label does not bear the name of the food specified in such definition and standard. Requires that labels of food contain a list of each ingredient in order of predominance by weight, and, where required, stating the percentage which each ingredient comprises of the total food product, other than spices, flavorings, and colorings. Eliminates the exemption of butter, cheese, or ice cream from the declaration of artificial color on the label requirement. Requires each food processor who processes food for export to the United States to register with the Secretary the name and location of such processor's place of business and processing plant and the foods to be processed in such establishment. Requires such processors to notify the Secretary whenever a discontinuance or substantive change in such activity takes place. Permits the Secretary to exempt any food processor from such requirements. Declares food processed in an unregistered establishment misbranded. Makes failure to register a prohibited act under the Federal, Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act. Sets forth requirements for prescription animal drugs. Authorizes the Secretary to require the addition of specific inert chemical makers to aid in verifying the presence of specified new animal drugs in animal feed. Eliminates the requirement for annual re-registration of producers of drugs and devices. Prohibits entry into the United States of any food, drug, device, or cosmetic for which an import notice has not been filed with the Secretary. Requires such notice to identify the product, the manufacturer, and the registration number assigned to such manufacturer or processor under this Act and to designate an agent within the jurisdiction of the United States. Makes violations of such requirements a prohibited act. States that foods imported in violation of such requirements shall be deemed misbranded. Permits the detention of a food, drug, or cosmetic which an inspector has reason to believe is adulterated or misbranded. Applies the requirements respecting the detention of devices to foods, drugs, and cosmetics. Increases the criminal fines for violations of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act and the Public Health Service Act biological products provisions. Grants the Secretary the same authority as that possessed by the Federal Trade Commission when administering and enforcing this Act. Permits the inspection of a consulting laboratory in which food, drugs, devices, or cosmetics are being processed, packed, or held. Permits such inspectors access to the quality control records of any establishment involved in such proceedings. Permits the Secretary to prescribe a system of coding of food, drugs, devices, and cosmetics and to require manufacturers, processors, and packers to implement such system. Makes products which fail to comply with such requirements misbranded. Title II: Other Amendments - Repeals the Filled Milk Act, the definition of nonfat dry milk and butter, and the requirement for a fair packaging and labeling report. Amends the Tea Importation Act to set forth procedures for the acquisition of samples by examiners from importers and consignees.

A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to allow States to provide for competitive bidding for the purchase of certain items under their Medicaid plans.

United States · United States Congress · 2 April 1980

Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to permit a State, under certain circumstances, to purchase, either through a competitive bidding process or otherwise: (1) laboratory and X-ray services; (2) family planning supplies; (3) prescription drugs; (4) dentures; (5) prosthetic devices; or (6) eyeglasses.

A bill to direct that a clinical investigation of the safety and efficacy of dimethyl sulfoxide as a drug to be used by persons with arthritis be conducted through the National Institute of Arthritis, Metabolism, and Digestive Diseases.

United States · United States Congress · 2 April 1980

Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (formerly, the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare) to conduct a clinical investigation of the safety and efficacy of dimethyl sulfoxide as a drug to be used by persons with arthritis.

A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to permit States to terminate eligibility for medicaid medical assistance for up to one year for individuals determined to have abused the Medicaid program.

United States · United States Congress · 2 April 1980

Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to permit a State to terminate benefits, for up to one year, to an individual who, after notice and opportunity for hearing, is determined by a preponderance of the evidence to have committed specified abuses under Medicaid.

Uniformed Services Health Professionals Special Pay Act of 1980

United States · United States Congress · 1 April 1980

Uniformed Services Health Professionals Special Pay Act of 1980 - Provides special and additional pay for physicians in the Armed Forces or the Public Health Service who are on active duty for a period of not less than one year. Sets forth a schedule for such special pay providing that: (1) physicians below pay grade 0-7 are to receive between $1,200 and $10,000 per year based on years of creditable service; and (2) physicians above pay grade 0-6 are to receive $1,000 per year. Entitles a physician eligible for special pay to an additional $10,000 annual payment for any 12 month period during which he or she is not undergoing medical internship or initial residency training, based on years of creditable service, upon the execution of a written agreement under which the officer agrees to remain on active duty for at least one year. Authorizes additional special pay (from $2,000 to $5,000 based on years of creditable service) for those physicians eligible for special pay who are board certified (under regulations prescribed by this Act). Allows a qualified medical officer an incentive special pay not to exceed $8,000 for any 12 month period during which the officer is not undergoing medical internship or initial residency training. Limits the amount paid in special pay in any fiscal year to an amount equal to six percent of the total amount paid in such year for special pay. States that such a physician must agree in writing to remain on active duty for a period of not less than one year beginning on the date the officer accepts the award of such special pay. Permits the Secretary of Defense, or the Secretary of the military department concerned, to terminate at any time any officer's entitlement to special pay. Includes, in the computation of creditable service: (1) all periods which the officer spent in medical internship or residency training during which the officer was not on active duty; and (2) all periods of active service in the Medical Corps of the Army or Navy, as medical officer of the Air Force, or as a Public Health Service medical officer. Entitles a medical officer of the Public Health Service who is on active duty for a period of at least one year to special pay at specified rates. Provides for special pay for dentists, optometrists, and veterinarians. Prohibits the amount of special pay to which an officer is entitled to be included in computing the amount of any increase in pay, retirement pay, severance pay, or readjustment pay. Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to conduct a review every two years of the special pay for health professionals. Requires a report to Congress on the results of such review. Authorizes the use of funds previously appropriated to the Department of Defense for fiscal year 1980 and not previously obligated or expended to carry out the provisions of this Act.